He said blankets, corn, rice, mattresses, cement and detergents were distributed because these were the immediate needs of the victims.

The agency attributed the flood to blocked drainages, construction of structures along water channels and illegal mining along river banks.

According to Chonoko, the incident came days after the agency, SEMA and the Kaduna State Environmental Protection Authority (KEPA) had issued an alert that some Local Government Areas in the states were likely to experience flash flooding.

He said the agency had always embarked on sensitisation campaign in flood prone-areas to prepare them.
Chonoko stressed that the campaign was undertaken because of the need to remind the residents on the need to relocate from flood-prone areas to safer places, in view of the predictions of Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET).

He, however, expressed confidence that the Kaduna State Government had made adequate arrangements to cater for potential Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the flood-prone areas.